"Ow, sure an ye needn't be shakin yer head that way. Sure an haven't ye lost hats av yer own, over an over?"
"Never," said the captain. "I never lost a hat."
"Niver got one blowed off? 'Deed an ye must have."
"I never got one blowed off. When the wind blowed hard I allus kep 'em tied on."
"Well, Solomon hadn't any tie to his, an it cud tumble off his old pate asy enough, so it cud. Sure he's lost it jumpin over the rocks. Besides, where's his basket?"
"At the bottom, no doubt."
"Sure an it cud float."
"No; I dar say it was full of lobsters."
"Any how, I'll not believe he's gone till I see him," cried Pat, earnestly. "Seein's believin."
"Ef he's gone," said Captain Corbet, more solemnly than ever, "ye'll never see him. These waters take too good care of a man for that."